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Television Kipling's guilt at sending his son to war is touchingly retold by David Haig My Boy Jack ITV1 Whenever Rudyard Kipling's family or friends asked him for a story, his eyes would twinkle and he'd unravel another tale of rich, magic-carpeted imperial life as though he lived permanently in the realm of fantasy. David Haig's television play (11 November, 9pm) about the author's relationship with his army officer son, John, who died on his first day of action in the First World War, portrayed a father intoxicated by Empire and a sense of Right and Good out of all proportion to human capability.
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Because Our Fathers Lied
Television
Kipling's guilt at sending his son to war is touchingly retold by David HaigMy Boy JackITV1Whenever Rudyard Kipling's family or friends asked him for a story, his eyes would twinkle and he'd un...See the full content of this document
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